Fort Worth Democrat Lon Burnam files for Texas Railroad Commissioner
Former state Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, has joined the race to become the next Texas Railroad Commissioner.
Burnam drove to Austin Sunday to file for the post, just days after incumbent Republican Railroad Commissioner David Porter announced he was withdrawing from the race.
But Burnam, 62, said he has been thinking about running for this commission since the 1980s and had already made up his mind to get in the race before Porter’s announcement.
“I really care about energy resources issues. They are at the core of everything that’s important to Texas,” said Burnam, who served through the years on a variety of legislative committees including the House Energy Resources Committee. “We have to produce our natural resources, because we consume so much, for the security of the world.
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